RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Interhospital transport to paediatric intensive care by specialised staff: experience of the South Thames combined transport service, 1998–2000
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 245
OP 247
DO 10.1136/adc.87.3.245
VO 87
IS 3
A1 Y G Doyle
A1 F E Orr
YR 2002
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/87/3/245.abstract
AB The South London Combined Transport Service retrieved 1536 children aged 1 month to 16 years to paediatric intensive care (PIC) units usually in south London, over a 2.5 year period. Eighty one per cent of cases were for general PIC, the specialist cases being mainly cardiac and neurosurgical. The service commenced as part of a national framework for improved PIC and offers children with complex needs a safe specialist transfer. Clinician and parental satisifaction with the service appears high, although there are considerable service pressures. Intensive care beds were successfully located, helping to reduce fragmentation of PIC for this population.